Weekend Sketch Challenge 121

It's official, my son has whatever my husband had last weekend, so he was up most of the night with congestion and just general unhappiness, which meant I was up most of the night too. Somehow my husband managed to sleep through it all so he could go to his symposium and seminary class today. How do men manage that?? So I'm too tired to do much more than read Judith Krantz today. Light ridiculous reading, completely unsuitable for Lent, but what's a tired pregnant mama who is single parenting for the day to do?

I actually made two cards yesterday, and this card used Gretchen Barron's Inspiration Weekend Sketch Challenge plus the Color Throwdown Challenge. I'm really starting to get to the point of not being able to make a card from scratch without a sketch or color challenge to get me started! The little tip I discovered on this card is that if your dsp is too loud, sponge it down! I liked the pattern on the chocolate chip dsp, but the white was too stark for the card, so I just sponged the whole thing with chocolate chip ink and that toned it down just the right amount. I've seen lots of people making vases out of the large and wide oval punches, so I can't claim original creative credit for the idea, but I will say that sponging the vase makes it look better and I added a little textured with the Itty Bitty backgrounds stamp set.

Supplies:
Old Olive, Pretty in Pink, Whisper white cs, Cottage wall, Sweet Always dsp
Old Olive, Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip inks, versamark
Pocket Silhouettes, Itty Bitty Backgrounds
Sweet Pea felt flowers
Chocolate chip satin ribbon
sponges
large oval punch